Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तच्छरैरर्जुनो वर्ष प्रतिजघ्नेडत्यमर्षित:,अर्जुनने अत्यन्त अमर्षमें भरकर अपने बार्णोद्वारा वह सारी वर्षा नष्ट कर दी। सौ यज्ञोंका अनुष्ठान करनेवाले पाकशासन इन्द्रने उस पत्थरोंकी वर्षाको विफल हुई देख पुनः पत्थरोंकी बड़ी भारी वर्षा की

Transliteration

taccharair arjuno varṣaṃ pratijaghne ’tyamarṣitaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Arjuna giận dữ đến tột cùng, liền dùng mưa tên của mình đánh trả và phá tan trận mưa đá ấy. Thấy cơn mưa đá bị hóa vô hiệu, Indra—chúa tể chư thiên, bậc đã cử hành trăm lễ tế—lại trút xuống một trận mưa đá còn nặng nề hơn nữa.

Word by Word

तत्that (it)

शरैःwith arrows

अर्जुनःArjuna

वर्षम्shower, rain (downpour)

प्रतिजघ्नेstruck back, repelled, destroyed

अत्यन्तम्exceedingly, extremely

अमर्षितःenraged, intolerant (filled with wrath)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna

Indra (Pākaśāsana, Śatayajña)

arrows

rain/shower

stones

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when confronted by overwhelming force (including divine power), a disciplined warrior meets the challenge with steadiness and skill; anger may arise, but the narrative highlights channeling intensity into focused action rather than panic or collapse of duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra sends a rain-like barrage of stones; Arjuna, intensely provoked, counters and destroys it with a dense volley of arrows. Indra, seeing the first attempt fail, escalates by producing an even heavier stony downpour.